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Default Anybody Supercharge an Outboard?

On Feb 4, 1:34*pm, Jim wrote:
Tim wrote:

I don't look at it that way. The question regardless of who posted it
was talking about supercharging an outboard engine. And i replied.
Actually, in the motorcycle relm, there have been companies who hav
supercharged racing 2 and 4 stroke engines since back in the 20's. Not
saying it's practical though, because if it was, then everybody would
be offering it.


I agree. *Looked around a bit to find out. *To get max speed out of a
small boat it would be a fun project.
But between me and you, that's just boat talk.
Didn't mean to ruffle feathers.



At various times both GM and Ford offered super and turbo chargers on
various models. Of course they didn't last long. They could have been
developed well but I think that both manufactures wanted to get in on
some mysterious performance hype that really didn't work out.


But I will say that my brother has a factory supercharged 3800 in his
Buick Lesabre, and it's got over 200,000 mi on it. still runs well and
strong.But who knows the bottom end of the engine might explode
someday. It's a fun ride when you nail it though..fantastic torque!
 
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